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Adrestus is carried over the plain before falling from his chariot there.
“for his horses ran into a tamarisk bush, as they were flying wildly over the plain, and broke the pole from the car; they went on towards the city along with the others in full flight, but Adrestus rolled out, and fell in the dust flat on his face by the wheel of his chariot”
Adrestus ignores his diviner father Merops’s warning not to join the war and is lured toward destruction by fate.
“They that held Adresteia and the land of Apaesus, with Pityeia, and the high mountain of Tereia—these were led by Adrestus and Amphius, whose breastplate was of linen. These were the sons of Merops of Percote, who excelled in all kinds of divination. He told them not to take part in the war, but they gave him no heed, for fate lured them to destruction.”
Adrestus rolls from his broken chariot, falls face-down in dust, grasps Menelaus’s knees, and begs for his life.
“Adrestus rolled out, and fell in the dust flat on his face by the wheel of his chariot; Menelaus came up to him spear in hand, but Adrestus caught him by the knees begging for his life”
Adrestus is struck in the flank and falls; Agamemnon then plants a foot on his breast in order to draw the spear from the body.
“King Agamemnon struck him in the flank, and he fell: then the son of Atreus planted his foot upon his breast to draw his spear from the body”
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